贪图的英文：
covet; hanker after; seek

参考例句：

"That hope might enkindle you to aim at the throne
那种希望会引起你对王位的贪图。

The dictator was greedy for power.
那个独裁者贪图权力。

Please the eye and plague the heart
贪图一时快活,必然留下隐祸

His action was prompted by mercenary motives.
贪图钱财的动机促使他采取行动。

Fegelein seems to have been possessed of a simon-pure instinct for survival
菲格莱因似乎具有贪图活命的单纯本能。

It is doubtful whether he did. He died in the electric chair, a young man tempted by his desire for luxury and wealth.
然而，他到底是否真正忏悔，却是可疑的。克莱德最后死于电椅之上，这就是一个由于贪图荣华富贵而走入歧途的青年人的下场。

covet是什么意思：
v. 贪求，觊觎

Gas is by far the most coveted resource.
气矿是最为人垂涎的资源。

A covetous man is good to none But worse to himself
贪婪的人对别人毫无好处,对自己却坏处更大

The other boys coveted his new bat.
其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。

hanker是什么意思：
vi. 渴望,追求

A toad hankering for a taste of swan.
癞蛤蟆想天鹅肉吃。

But the unregenerate hankered after beans, and sooner or later rebelled.
那些死不悔改的馋豆子，迟早起来反叛了。

He has been hankering to spend an evening talking with you.
他一直渴能找一天跟你谈一晚。

after是什么意思：
prep. 在…以后；在…后面；低于；模仿；尽管
conj. 在…之后
adv. 以后，之后；在后面，随后
adj. 以后的，后部的

After you, sir.
先生，您先。

Counsel after action is like rain after harvest
放马后炮

pattern oneself after
模仿样子